John Cage NewsNews about John Cage continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.Pianist Louis Goldstein- November 30, 2007 By Matthew Erikson Between the Cliburn Competition and the regular concert season, Fort Worth certainly gets a heavy dose of Rachmaninoff, Liszt and other mainstream piano repertoire. via Star-telegram.comhttp://www.topix.net/who/john-cage/2007/11/pianist-louis-goldstein?fromrss=1 Open Ears and Minds- November 29, 2007 "Cage used randomness to break the habits of performers, listeners, and himself" Think you're hip enough to appreciate New Music Local promoter Herb Levy does. Louis Goldstein 7:30pm Sun-Mon at Van Cliburn Recital Hall, 330 E 4th St, FW. via Fort Worth Weeklyhttp://www.topix.net/who/john-cage/2007/11/open-ears-and-minds?fromrss=1 Movie Review 'August Rush': Is That Music We Hear or a Tyke's Beating Heart- November 21, 2007 To describe "August Rush" as a piece of shameless hokum doesn't quite do justice to the potentially shock-inducing sugar content of this contemporary fairy tale about a homeless, musically gifted miracle child. via New York Timeshttp://www.topix.net/who/john-cage/2007/11/movie-review-august-rush-is-that-music-we-hear-... Cuni's ragas celebrate Cage's birthday- November 17, 2007 "Solo for Voice 58: 18 Microtonal Ragas." I've been following John Cage since I learned how to spell aleatory, so I was chagrined big time when I realized I'd forgotten his birthday this year. via Hollywood Reporterhttp://www.topix.net/who/john-cage/2007/11/cunis-ragas-celebrate-cages-birthday?fromrss=1 Alex Ross- November 16, 2007 "I believe that music should be collective hysteria and spells, violently of the present time," composer Pierre Boulez wrote in 1948, and Alex Ross would agree - love of spirited innovation infuses his ... via City Paperhttp://www.topix.net/who/john-cage/2007/11/alex-ross?fromrss=1 Horse of a different color- November 10, 2007 Howard Stern has lately been addressing the state of the musical avant-garde, using as a case study the downtown NYC semi-classical band The Zs . via Alex Rosshttp://www.topix.net/who/john-cage/2007/11/horse-of-a-different-color?fromrss=1 'The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century,' by Alex Ross- November 9, 2007 "It is above all essential that we should not give the impression of trying to regiment culture in the Nazi manner" The Rest Is Noise Listening to the Twentieth Century Alex Ross Farrar, Straus & Giroux: 624 pp., $30 AUNIFIED, comprehensive history of 20th century music is the philosopher's stone of modern criticism: How ... via Los Angeles Timeshttp://www.topix.net/who/john-cage/2007/11/the-rest-is-noise-listening-to-the-twentieth-ce... |